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Unstable Slopes: Nepal Landslide Highlights Risk to Lives and Infrastructure in Himalayas

The Himalayas are still unsettled more than a month after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal. Though the latest calamity ended without a loss of life, the landslide and flood that occurred over the weekend are a reminder that the valleys beneath the world’s highest mountain peaks are a dangerous place, both for people and for political dreams of hydropower wealth.

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Photo courtesy of Doug Letterman / Flickr Creative Commons. A slide on May 24 blocked the Kali Gandaki River and threatened homes and the country’s largest hydropower station.
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